Visual Studio Code – View Hidden Characters
VS Code is a source-code editor for Windows, Linux and macOS. It has a simple user interface and is easy to customize for your needs. It also has a number of features and options to help you be productive.
You can configure VS Code settings on a per-project (Workspace) and per-user (User) basis. These settings are stored in JSON configuration files.
Visualization of end-of-line markers
Visual Studio Code is a powerful and feature-rich text editor for writing and debugging web applications. It provides advanced editing, code intelligence, and source code control functionality on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It also has a rich set of keyboard shortcuts to make it more productive.
One such extension is Render Whitespace, which displays invisible characters in VSCode, making it easier to locate them. It can be enabled from the Preferences settings page or with a keyboard shortcut.
Another helpful tool is Gremlins Tracker, which highlights zero-width spaces, non-joiners, left and right double quotation marks, and other harmful characters that can be mistaken for legitimate ones. This can help you avoid bugs in your code.
Visualization of white space
Visualization of white space is an essential feature that helps you identify and avoid unnecessary whitespace in your code. This can help you reduce code complexity and improve readability and maintainability. It is also useful for catching mistakes such as missing or extra spaces in your code that can cause a syntax error.
To enable this feature, go to Edit -> Advanced and select View White Space. You can also use the shortcut Ctrl + E followed by S to access this functionality. This feature is not the same as the Code Lens functionality in JetBrains Rider, which is a similar coding assistance tool.
You can change the editor’s Render Whitespace setting to display either all, boundary, selection, or trailing white space characters. The settings are saved in the file and persist between sessions and projects. You can also customize the display of whitespace characters using keyboard shortcuts. You can also scope the settings to specific languages using the language identifiers.
Visualization of symbols
Visual Studio Code features an excellent feature that lets you visualize symbols in the code editor. This is helpful when debugging a complex program. It allows you to see which symbol a line of text is referring to and gives you an idea of what the code is doing. It also makes it easier to navigate your loaded code.
This feature is turned off by default, but you can enable it easily. Open the Settings panel and search for ‘render whitespace’. Select the option and toggle it on or off to display invisible characters in the editor.
Visual Studio Code 1.41.1 displays all the control characters that match the Acronym column of the Standard ASCII Control Characters table. This includes the box drawing characters (U+2500-U+257F) and a subset of powerline characters. You can also configure a keyboard shortcut for this. To do so, open the Keyboard Shortcuts menu and select the plus icon next to View: Render Whitespace (show Tabs too). You will be prompted for a key binding.
Visualization of source code
Visual Studio Code is a software development tool that allows programmers to edit the source code of computer programs. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems. Its features include multi-cursor editing, IntelliSense, snippets, and more. It also has a customizable Command Palette, which lets you access commands by typing keywords instead of using menus. The tool is free for both private and commercial use.
The VS Code settings page has an option for showing invisible characters in the code editor, called Render Whitespace. You can toggle this setting with the keyboard shortcut F1. This feature will enable you to see whitespace characters and tabs when you select or highlight text.
Another useful plugin is Gremlins Tracker, which alerts you to lines that contain characters that look identical to human eyes but are interpreted differently by computers. It helps you avoid potential bugs and misinterpretations. Another extension that improves coding productivity is Emmet, which allows you to create tags by typing a short sequence of characters.